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Captures the essence of the fragile yet hardy monarch butterfly in text and color photos, detailing the life of a monarch, migration, the monarch's world, and the need for conservation. Oversize, 9.75x9.75". Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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have long been captivated by the striking orange and black dress and the epic migrations of monarch butterflies. The World of the Monarch Butterfly combines a graceful text and stunning full-color photographs to capture the essence of this fragile yet hardy species.
Monarchs have the longest migration in the insect world. The monarch takes about three months to migrate approximately 2500 miles and may cover over 80 miles each day. Tens of millions of monarchs in North America migrate to a single small area of rare oyamel forests high in the mountains west of Mexico City. How does each generation find its way to the same place every year? How do monarchs know when to begin their journey? And what causes monarchs born at the end of the summer to migrate while those born in midsummer don't?
Well-known science writer Eric S. Grace explores these and other questions, describing the dangers of migration, the monarch's use of the milkweed plant as a defense against predators, the i
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Eric S. Grace is the author of numerous books, including Wonderstruck, Whale and Biotechnology Unzipped, and he has written for The Nature of Things and Science Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in zoology from Aberdeen University in Scotland. Grace makes his home in Victoria, British Columbia.
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- PublisherSierra Club Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0871569817
- ISBN 13 9780871569813
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages114
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